Public Legal Information on Kenya’s Response to COVID-19

April 7, 2020

Kenya Law monitors, revises, consolidates, and reports on evolving jurisprudence and the laws of Kenya including the tracking of legislation, circulars, gazettes, policies amongst other public legal information for the use of the public.

In the wake of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID – 19) pandemic that has ravaged the World over, Kenya has not been spared. COVID – 19 has affected the health, economic and social status of Kenya’s population.

In line with its mandate, Kenya Law has kept track of the various directives and legislation that the government has passed in tackling the COVID – 19 pandemic. The various presidential addresses on the state of interventions to cushion Kenyan’s against economic effects of COVID – 19 have had tremendous implications on legislative reforms in Kenya.

Below are directives, policies and laws that touch on public health, fiscal policies, social status (behavioral) and the administration of justice that have been passed, cited and used by the Government since the 13th of March 2020 when the 1st case of the COVID -19 was reported in Kenya.

Kenya Gazette Number 2357 of 2020 issued March 21, 2020 on Practice Directions on Electronic Case Management, made pursuant to Articles 159 (2) and 161 (2) (a) of the Constitution, section 10 of the Judicature Act and section 81 (3) of the Civil Procedure Act.